Attorney-General for Ireland
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The Attorney-General for Ireland was an Irish
and then (from the Act of Union 1800
) United Kingdom government office. The holder was senior to the Solicitor-General for Ireland
, and advised the Crown
on Irish legal matters. With the establishment of the Irish Free State
in 1922, the duties of the Attorney General and Solicitor General for Ireland were taken over by the Attorney General of Ireland
.
incomplete
office abolished 16 August 1921
Kingdom of Ireland
The Kingdom of Ireland refers to the country of Ireland in the period between the proclamation of Henry VIII as King of Ireland by the Crown of Ireland Act 1542 and the Act of Union in 1800. It replaced the Lordship of Ireland, which had been created in 1171...
and then (from the Act of Union 1800
Act of Union 1800
The Acts of Union 1800 describe two complementary Acts, namely:* the Union with Ireland Act 1800 , an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain, and...
) United Kingdom government office. The holder was senior to the Solicitor-General for Ireland
Solicitor-General for Ireland
The Solicitor-General for Ireland was the holder of an Irish and then United Kingdom government office. The holder was a deputy to the Attorney-General for Ireland, and advised the Crown on Irish legal matters. At least one holder of the office, Patrick Barnewall played a significant role in...
, and advised the Crown
The Crown
The Crown is a corporation sole that in the Commonwealth realms and any provincial or state sub-divisions thereof represents the legal embodiment of governance, whether executive, legislative, or judicial...
on Irish legal matters. With the establishment of the Irish Free State
Irish Free State
The Irish Free State was the state established as a Dominion on 6 December 1922 under the Anglo-Irish Treaty, signed by the British government and Irish representatives exactly twelve months beforehand...
in 1922, the duties of the Attorney General and Solicitor General for Ireland were taken over by the Attorney General of Ireland
Attorney General of Ireland
The Attorney General is a constitutional officer who is the official adviser to the Government of Ireland in matters of law. He is in effect the chief law officer in Ireland. The Attorney General is not a member of the Government but does participate in cabinet meetings when invited and attends...
.
14th century
- John de Leycestre: 1357
- Henry Mitchell: 1372
- Robert Hore: 1379, superseded
- Thomas Malalo: 1381
- Robert Hemynborgh : 1385
15th century
- William Tynbergh: 1400
- John Barry: 1401
- John Whyte or White: 1422
- Stphen Roche 1441
- William Sutton 1444?
- Thomas Dowdall 1463
- Nicholas Sutton 1473
- Thomas Archbold 1478
- Thomas Cusack 1480
- Walter St. Lawrence 1491
16th century
- Clement Fitzleones 1502
- John BarnewallJohn Barnewall, 3rd Baron TrimlestownJohn Barnewall, 3rd Baron Trimleston , was an Irish landowner and politician. He was the eldest son of Christopher Barnewall, 2nd Baron Trimlestown and Elizabeth Plunket, daughter of Sir Thomas Plunket of Rathmore, Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench in Ireland . He succeeded his father as 3rd...
1504 - Nicholas Fitzsimons 1504
incomplete
- Thomas St. Lawrence: 1532
- Robert DillonRobert Dillon (judge)Sir Robert Dillon was a lawyer, judge and politician in the 16th century Kingdom of Ireland, a Speaker of the Irish House of Commons.Dillon was of Newtown, County Meath...
: 1535 - Barnaby Skurloke or SkurlogBarnaby Skurloke or SkurlogBarnaby Skurloke or Skurlock was an influential lawyer in Ireland of the mid-sixteenth century. He held the office of Attorney General for Ireland, the first office holder to be so described, and was for a short time acting Lord Chief Justice of Ireland; but in later life became a leading figure...
: 1554 - James Barnewall: 1559
- Lucas Dillon: 1566
- Edward Fitz-Symons: 1570
- John Bathe: 1574
- Thomas SnaggeThomas SnaggeSir Thomas Snagge was an M.P., lawyer and wealthy landowner who served as Speaker of the English House of Commons, Attorney General for Ireland and as the Queen's Sergeant.-Life:...
: 1577 - Christopher Flemyng: 1580
- Edward Butler: 1582
- Charles CalthorpeCharles CalthorpeSir Charles Calthorpe was an English-born judge in Elizabethan and early Jacobean Ireland. Prior to appointment to the Bench he had been Attorney General for Ireland for more than 20 years...
, afterwards Sir Charles: 1584
17th century
- Sir John Davys or DaviesJohn Davies (poet)Sir John Davies was an English poet and lawyer, who became attorney general in Ireland and formulated many of the legal principles that underpinned the British Empire.-Early life:...
: 1606 - Sir William Ryves: 1619
- Richard Osbaldeston (Attorney General)Richard Osbaldeston (Attorney General)Sir Richard Osbaldeston was an English barrister who became Attorney General for Ireland. He was the great-grandfather of Richard Osbaldeston, Bishop of London....
of Gray's Inn: 1636 - Thomas Tempest: 1640
- William Basil : 1649, under the usurpation
- Sir Wiliam Domville: 1660
- Sir Richard NagleRichard NagleSir Richard Nagle was an Irish politician and lawyer. He held the positions of Attorney-General for Ireland, Speaker of the Irish House of Commons, Lord Justice of Ireland and Secretary of State and War for Ireland under King James II. He fled to France in 1691, joining James II at Saint Germain,...
: 1686 - Sir John TempleJohn Temple (politician)Sir John Temple was an Irish politician, Speaker of the Irish House of Commons and Attorney General for Ireland....
: 1691 - 1695 - Robert RochfortRobert RochfortRobert Rochfort was attorney-general, judge and speaker of the Irish House of Commons.Rochfort was probably born on 9 December 1652. He was the second son of Lieutenant-Colonel James "Prime-Iron " Rochfort , a Cromwellian soldier, and Thomasina Pigot...
, app 1695
18th century
- Alan BrodrickAlan Brodrick, 1st Viscount MidletonAlan Brodrick, 1st Viscount Midleton PC was an Irish lawyer and politician.-Background:He was the second son of Sir St John Brodrick of Ballyannan, near Midleton in County Cork, by his wife Alice , daughter of Laurence Clayton of Mallow, County Cork and sister of Colonel Randall Clayton M.P., of...
: 1707 - December 1709 - John ForsterJohn Forster (Chief Justice)-Background:Forster was born in Dublin, the son of Richard Forster and his wife Anne Webber. His father sat in the Irish House of Commons for Swords and came from a family long associated with the Dublin business community.-Career:...
: 1709 - 1711 - Sir Richard Levinge, BtSir Richard Levinge, 1st BaronetSir Richard Levinge, 1st Baronet was an Irish politician and judge.Leving was a Member of Parliament of the English House of Commons for Chester from 1690 to 1695. In 1692 he also became a member of the Irish House of Commons for Blessington, a seat he held until 1695. During this time he served...
: 1711 - 1714 - George Gore, app 3 Nov 1714
- John RogersonJohn Rogerson (1676–1741)John Rogerson was an Irish politician lawyer and judge who became Solicitor-General Attorney-General for Ireland and Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench in Ireland. He was Member of Parliament for Granard and Dublin City. He was appointed as Solicitor-General in 1714...
, app 14 May 1720 - Thomas MarlayThomas MarlayThomas Marlay was an Irish judge, remembered now as the builder of Celbridge Abbey and as the grandfather of the statesman Henry Grattan....
, app 5 May 1727 - Robert JocelynRobert Jocelyn, 1st Viscount JocelynRobert Jocelyn, 1st Viscount Jocelyn PC SL was an English-Irish politician and member of the Peerage of Ireland. He is best known for serving as Lord Chancellor of Ireland.-Early life:...
, app 29 Sep 1730 - John BowesJohn Bowes, 1st Baron BowesJohn Bowes, 1st Baron Bowes PC was an Irish peer and politician.-Life:He was born in London, son of Thomas Bowes, a merchant, and was called to the Bar in 1712. He came to Ireland as a member of the staff of Richard West, the Lord Chancellor in 1723...
, app 3 Sep 1739 - St George CaulfeildSt George CaulfeildSt George Caulfeild was an Irish lawyer.He sat in the Irish House of Commons as Member of Parliament for Tulsk between 1727 and 1751...
, app 23 Dec 1741 - Warden FloodWarden FloodWarden Flood was an Irish judge. He was appointed Solicitor-General for Ireland in 1741, Attorney-General for Ireland in 1751, and in 1760 was appointed chief justice of the King's Bench...
, app 27 Aug 1751 - Philip TisdallPhilip TisdallPhilip Tisdall SL was an Irish lawyer and politician.He sat in the Irish House of Commons for Dublin University from 1739 to 1776 and then for the city of Armagh from 1776 to his death...
, app 31 July 1760 - John ScottJohn Scott, 1st Earl of ClonmellJohn Scott, 1st Earl of Clonmell PC KC SL , known as The Lord Earlsfort between 1784 and 1789 and as The Viscount Clonmell between 1789 and 1793, was an Irish barrister and judge...
, app 17 Oct 1777 - Barry YelvertonBarry Yelverton, 1st Viscount AvonmoreBarry Yelverton, 1st Viscount Avonmore, PC KC was an Irish judge and politician.-Life:He was the eldest son of Francis Yelverton of Blackwater, County Cork. Educated at Trinity College Dublin, he was for some years an assistant master under Andrew Buck in the Hibernian Academy...
: 1782 - 1783 - John FitzgibbonJohn FitzGibbon, 1st Earl of ClareJohn FitzGibbon, 1st Earl of Clare PC , later known as Earl of Clare or Lord Clare, was Attorney-General for Ireland in 1783, then Lord Chancellor of Ireland in 1789, in which capacity he was first promoted to the Irish peerage.He was a controversial figure in Irish history, being described...
, app 29 Nov 1783 - Arthur WolfeArthur Wolfe, 1st Viscount KilwardenArthur Wolfe, 1st Viscount Kilwarden KC was an Irish peer, politician and judge.Wolfe was born at , near Naas, being the fifth son of John Wolfe and his wife Mary Philpot. Wolfe was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and was called to the Irish Bar in 1766...
, app Jun 26 1789 - John TolerJohn Toler, 1st Earl of NorburyJohn Toler, 1st Earl of Norbury PC, KC , known as The Lord Norbury between 1800 and 1827, was an Irish lawyer, politician and judge. A greatly controversial figure in his time, he was Chief Justice of the Irish Common Pleas between 1800 and 1827...
: 1798 - 1800
19th century
- John StewartSir John Stewart, 1st Baronet, of AthenreeSir John Stewart, 1st Baronet was an Irish lawyer and politician.In 1794, he was elected to the Irish House of Commons for Augher. At the 1797 elections, he was elected for four constituencies: Askeaton, Bangor, Portarlington and Strabane...
: 1800 - Standish O'GradyStandish O'Grady, 1st Viscount GuillamoreThe Rt. Hon. Standish O'Grady, 1st Viscount Guillamore, PC , from Cahir Guillamore, County Limerick, served as Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer for Ireland for a number of years...
: 1803 - William PlunketWilliam Plunket, 1st Baron PlunketWilliam Conyngham Plunket, 1st Baron Plunket PC was an Irish politician and lawyer who eventually became Lord Chancellor of Ireland....
: 1805 - 1807 - William SaurinWilliam SaurinWilliam Saurin was an Irish lawyer and politician. He was Attorney-General for Ireland from 1807 to 1822, and for much of that period effective head of the Irish administration.-Background and education:...
: 1807-1822 - William PlunketWilliam Plunket, 1st Baron PlunketWilliam Conyngham Plunket, 1st Baron Plunket PC was an Irish politician and lawyer who eventually became Lord Chancellor of Ireland....
: 1822 - 1827 - Henry JoyHenry Joy (judge)Henry Joy was an Irish judge. He was appointed Solicitor-General for Ireland in 1822, and Attorney-General for Ireland in 1827. He was made Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer in 1831, a post he held until his death in 1838.-References:...
: 1827 - 1830 - Edward PennefatherEdward PennefatherEdward Pennefather PC, KC was an Irish judge.Pennefather was born in Tipperary, the second son of William Pennefather and his wife Ellen Moore. He went to school in Clonmel and graduated from the University of Dublin. He was called to the Irish Bar in 1795 and was King's Counsel by 1816...
: 23 December 1830 - Francis BlackburneFrancis BlackburneFrancis Blackburne PC KS was an Irish judge and eventually became Lord Chancellor of Ireland.-Background:...
: 11 January 1831 - office vacant: 17 November 1834
- Louis PerrinLouis PerrinLouis Perrin PC was an Irish barrister, politician and judge.-Early life:Perrin was born in Waterford, the son of was Jean Baptiste Perrin ....
: 29 April 1835 - Michael O'Loghlen: 31 August 1835
- John RichardsJohn Richards (Attorney General)John Richards was an Irish judge.Richards was born in Dublin, son of John Richards, solicitor, and his wife Elizabeth Fitzgerald. He graduated from the University of Dublin, was called to the Bar in 1811; King's Counsel in 1830...
: 10 November 1836 - Stephen WoulfeStephen WoulfeStephen Woulfe was an Irish barrister and Liberal politician. He served as Solicitor-General for Ireland, 1836 and as Attorney-General for Ireland in 1838; he became first Catholic to be Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer.-Life:...
: 3 February 1837 - Nicholas Ball: 11 July 1838
- Maziere BradyMaziere BradySir Maziere Brady, 1st Baronet PC was an Irish judge, notable for his exceptionally long tenure as Lord Chancellor of Ireland.Brady was born in Dublin, the second son of Francis Brady of Booterstown and his wife Charlotte Hodgson...
: 23 February 1839 - David Richard PigotDavid Richard PigotDavid Richard Pigot PC, KC was one of the leading Irish judges of his time.Pigot was born in Kilrush, the only son of John Pigot, a doctor. He went to school in Fermoy and graduated from the University of Dublin...
: 11 August 1840 - Francis BlackburneFrancis BlackburneFrancis Blackburne PC KS was an Irish judge and eventually became Lord Chancellor of Ireland.-Background:...
: 23 September 1841 - Thomas Berry Cusack SmithThomas Berry Cusack SmithSir Thomas Berry Cusack-Smith PC was an Irish politician and judge.The younger son of Sir William Cusack-Smith, 2nd Baronet, Baron of the Exchequer and his wife Hester Berry, and grandson of Sir Michael Smith, 1st Baronet, Master of the Rolls in Ireland from 1801 to 1806, he was educated at...
: 1 November 1842 - Richard Wilson GreeneRichard Wilson GreeneRichard Wilson Greene PC, KC was an Irish judge.Greene was born in Dublin, the son of Sir Jonas Greene, Recorder of Dublin, and graduated from the University of Dublin, where he was auditor of the College Historical Society. He was called to the Bar in 1814 and became King's Counsel in 1830. For...
: 2 February 1846 - Richard MooreRichard Moore (Irish lawyer)Richard Moore PC was an Irish lawyer and judge.Moore was Attorney-General for Ireland during part of Lord John Russell's Whig Government 1846-1852, holding that office from 16 July 1846 to 21 December 1847. He was then appointed as a judge of the Irish Queen's Bench and remained a judge until his...
: 16 July 1846 - James Henry MonahanJames Henry MonahanJames Henry Monahan was one of the outstanding Irish judges of his time, and one of the first Roman Catholics to achieve judicial eminence.-Background and education:...
: 21 December 1847 - John HatchellJohn HatchellJohn Hatchell PC was a lawyer and politician. He was called to the Irish Bar in 1809 and became King's Counsel in 1833. He was appointed Solicitor-General for Ireland in 1847, and Attorney-General for Ireland in 1850. He was elected Member of Parliament for Windsor in 1850....
: 23 September 1850 - Joseph NapierJoseph NapierSir Joseph Napier, 1st Baronet was an Irish Conservative Party Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom Parliament and subsequently Lord Chancellor of Ireland....
: February 1852 - Abraham BrewsterAbraham BrewsterAbraham Brewster PC was an Irish judge and Lord Chancellor of Ireland.-Background and education:Brewster was born at Ballinulta, the son of William Bagenal Brewster, of Ballinulta, County Wicklow, by his wife Mary, daughter of Thomas Bates...
: April 1853 - William KeoghWilliam KeoghWilliam Keogh PC was an unpopular and controversial Irish politician and judge, whose name became a byword for betraying one's political principles.- Background :...
: March 1855 - John David Fitzgerald: March 1856
- James WhitesideJames WhitesideJames Whiteside was an Irish politician and judge.-Background and education:Whiteside was the son of William Whiteside, a clergyman of the Church of Ireland, and was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, being called to the Irish bar in 1830.-Legal and judicial career:Whiteside very rapidly...
: February 1858 - John David Fitzgerald: June 1859
- Rickard DeasyRickard DeasyRickard Deasy PC was an Irish lawyer and judge.Dease was elected as Member of Parliament for County County on 23 April 1855 in a by-election following Edmond Roche's elevation to the peerage. He was appointed Solicitor-General for Ireland in 1859 and then made Attorney-General for Ireland in 1860,...
: February 1860 - Thomas O'HaganThomas O'Hagan, 1st Baron O'HaganThomas O'Hagan, 1st Baron O'Hagan KP, PC, QC , was an Irish lawyer and judge. He served as Lord Chancellor of Ireland from 1868 to 1874 and again from 1880 to 1881.-Background and education:...
: 1861 - James Anthony LawsonJames Anthony LawsonJames Anthony Lawson PC, QC , was an Irish academic, lawyer and judge.-Background and education:Lawson was born at Waterford, the eldest son of James Lawson, by Mary Anthony, daughter of Joseph Anthony, and was educated at the endowed school there...
: 1865 - John Edward WalshJohn Edward WalshJohn Edward Walsh PC, QC was an Irish lawyer and Conservative politician. He served as Attorney-General for Ireland in 1865 and as Master of the Rolls in Ireland from 1866 to 1870.-Background and education:...
: 25 July 1866 - Michael MorrisMichael Morris, 1st Baron KillaninMichael Morris, 1st Baron Killanin PC, QC , known as Sir Michael Morris, Bt, from 1885 to 1889 and as The Lord Morris between 1889 and 1900, was an Irish lawyer and judge...
: 1 November 1866 - Hedges Eyre ChattertonHedges Eyre ChattertonHedges Eyre Chatterton was an Irish Conservative Party Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom Parliament and subsequently Vice-Chancellor of Ireland.- Biography :...
: 1867 - Robert Warren: 1867
- John Thomas BallJohn Thomas BallJohn Thomas Ball QC was an Irish barrister and politician in the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland....
: 1868 - Edward Sullivan: 12 December 1868
- Charles Robert BarryCharles Robert BarryCharles Robert Barry QC, PC was an Irish lawyer who rose to become a Lord Justice of Appeal for Ireland.-Legal and judicial career:Barry was admitted to the Irish Bar in 1848 and was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1859...
: 26 January 1870 - Richard DowseRichard DowseRichard Dowse PC was an Irish policitian and barrister. He was elected as Member of Parliament for Londonderry City |Londonderry at the 1868 general election. He was appointed a Baron of the Court of the Exchequer...
: 13 January 1872 - Christopher PallesChristopher PallesChristopher Palles PC, QC , was an Irish barrister and judge.-Biography:Palles was born on Christmas Day at Mount Palles, near Mountnugent, in south County Cavan, Ireland. He was the third son of Andrew C. Palles, a solicitor, and his wife Eleanor...
: 5 November 1872 - Hugh LawHugh LawHugh Law PC , QC was an Irish lawyer, politician and Lord Chancellor of Ireland.Law was educated at Trinity College, Dublin where he received a Bachelor of Arts in 1839. He became a barrister in 1840 and a Queen's Counsel in 1860...
: 1873 ?? - John Thomas BallJohn Thomas BallJohn Thomas Ball QC was an Irish barrister and politician in the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland....
: 12 March 1874 - Henry OrmsbyHenry OrmsbyHenry Ormsby PC, QC was an Irish lawyer and judge.Ormsby was born at Powerscourt, County Wicklow, the fourth son of the Reverend Henry Ormsby and his wife Margaret Sandys. He was educated at the University of Dublin, called to the Bar in 1835 and appointed a Queen's Counsel in 1858...
: 21 January 1875 - George Augustus Chichester MayGeorge Augustus Chichester MayGeorge Augustus Chichester May PC, QC was an Irish judge.May was born in Belfast, the son of the Reverend Edward May and Elizabeth Sinclair. He was educated at Shrewsbury School and Magdalene College, Cambridge , where he graduated B.A. as 36th Wrangler and 3rd Classic in 1836, and became a fellow...
: 27 November 1875 - Edward GibsonEdward Gibson, 1st Baron AshbourneEdward Gibson, 1st Baron Ashbourne PC, QC was an Irish lawyer and Lord Chancellor of Ireland.-Background and education:...
: 15 February 1877 - Hugh LawHugh LawHugh Law PC , QC was an Irish lawyer, politician and Lord Chancellor of Ireland.Law was educated at Trinity College, Dublin where he received a Bachelor of Arts in 1839. He became a barrister in 1840 and a Queen's Counsel in 1860...
: 10 May 1880 - William Moore Johnson: 17 November 1881
- Andrew Marshall Porter: 3 January 1883
- John NaishJohn NaishJohn Naish PC, QC was an Irish lawyerEducated at Dublin University, Naish was called to the Irish Bar in 1865, becoming a QC in 1880. He was Solicitor-General for Ireland from January 1883 and Attorney-General for Ireland from December 1883...
: 19 December 1883 - Samuel Walker: 1885
- Hugh HolmesHugh HolmesHugh Holmes QC was an Irish Conservative Party then after 1886 a Unionist Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom Parliament and subsequently a Judge.-Background and education:...
: 3 July 1885 - Samuel Walker: February 1886
- Hugh HolmesHugh HolmesHugh Holmes QC was an Irish Conservative Party then after 1886 a Unionist Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom Parliament and subsequently a Judge.-Background and education:...
: August 1886 - John George GibsonJohn George GibsonJohn George Gibson PC, QC , was an Irish lawyer and Conservative politician.-Background and education:Gibson was the youngest son of William Gibson of Merrion Square, Dublin, and Rockforest, County Tipperary. Edward Gibson, 1st Baron Ashbourne, was his elder brother...
: 1887 - Peter O'BrienPeter O'Brien, 1st Baron O'BrienPeter O'Brien, 1st Baron O'Brien, PC, QC , known as Sir Peter O'Brien, Bt, between 1891 and 1900, was an Irish lawyer and judge...
: 1888 - Dodgson Hamilton MaddenDodgson Hamilton MaddenDodgson Hamilton Madden was an Irish Unionist Party Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom Parliament and subsequently a Judge. The Irish Unionists were the Irish wing of the Conservative Party. He was the only son of the Reverend Hugh Hamilton Madden of Templemore, County Tipperary...
: 1890 - The MacdermotHugh Hyacinth O'Rorke MacDermotHugh Hyacinth O'Rorke MacDermot, Prince of Coolavin PC, JP, DL, QC , was an Irish lawyer.-Background:MacDermot was the eldest son of Charles Joseph MacDermot by his wife Arabella Mary, only child of Hyacinth O'Rorke, representative of the House of O'Rorke of Breffny...
: August 1892 - John AtkinsonJohn Atkinson, Baron AtkinsonJohn Atkinson, Baron Atkinson was an Irish politician and British judge. He was born at Drogheda, County Louth, the eldest son of Edward Atkinson, a physician, of Glenwilliam Castle, County Limerick and Skea House, Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, and his wife Rosetta. He died at 39 Hyde Park Gate,...
: 8 July 1895
20th century
- James CampbellJames Campbell, 1st Baron GlenavyJames Henry Mussen Campbell, 1st Baron Glenavy PC was an Irish lawyer, politician in the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and later in the Oireachtas of the Irish Free State...
: 4 December 1905 - Richard Robert CherryRichard Robert CherryRichard Robert Cherry PC, QC was an Irish politician and judge. He was Attorney-General for Ireland, a judge of the Irish Court of Appeal and Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench in Ireland 1913-1916. He was appointed Attorney-General in 1905. He was elected Member of Parliament for Liverpool...
: 22 December 1905 - Redmond Barry: 2 December 1909
- Charles Andrew O'ConnorCharles Andrew O'ConnorCharles Andrew O'Connor PC was an Irish judge, who served as the last Master of the Rolls in Ireland.-Background and education:...
: 26 September 1911 - Ignatius O'BrienIgnatius O'Brien, 1st Baron ShandonIgnatius John O'Brien, 1st Baron Shandon PC, QC , known as Sir Ignatius O'Brien, Bt, between 1916 and 1918, was an Irish lawyer and politician. He served as Lord Chancellor of Ireland between 1913 and 1918....
: 24 June 1912 - Thomas MolonyThomas MolonySir Thomas Molony, 1st Baronet PC, QC was the last Lord Chief Justice of Ireland. He was also the only Judge to hold the position of Lord Chief Justice of Southern Ireland although he did not hold that position under that title....
: 10 April 1913 - John MoriartyJohn Moriarty (Attorney General)John Francis Moriarty PC, QC was an Irish lawyer and judge.-Background and education:Moriarty was born in Mallow, County Cork, the second son of John Moriarty, a successful solicitor. He graduated from the University of Dublin and was called to the Irish bar in 1877.-Legal and judicial...
: 20 June 1913 - Jonathan Pim: 1 July 1914
- John Gordon: 8 June 1915
- James CampbellJames Campbell, 1st Baron GlenavyJames Henry Mussen Campbell, 1st Baron Glenavy PC was an Irish lawyer, politician in the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and later in the Oireachtas of the Irish Free State...
: 9 April 1916 - James O'Connor: 8 January 1917
- Arthur SamuelsArthur Warren SamuelsArthur Warren Samuels was an Irish Unionist Alliance Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom Parliament and subsequently a Judge. The Irish Unionists were the Irish wing of the Conservative Party....
: 7 April 1918 - Denis HenrySir Denis Henry, 1st BaronetSir Denis Stanislaus Henry, 1st Baronet KBE, PC, QC , was an Irish lawyer and politician who became the first Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland....
: 6 July 1919 - Thomas BrownThomas Watters BrownThomas Watters Brown PC was an Irish lawyer and politician. He was elected Member of Parliament for North Down in 1918 and was appointed Solicitor-General for Ireland in June 1921. On 5 August of the same year he was promoted to Attorney-General for Ireland. He was the last holder of both offices...
: 5 August 1921
office abolished 16 August 1921